Washing-machine



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JNO. SHUGERT, OF ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 3,096, dated May 19, 1843; Antedated May1, 1843.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN SHUGERT, of Elizabeth, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tashing-Wiachines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which makes a part of thisspecification, in whicht Figure 1 is a` isometrical elevation of the@machine; Fig. 2, a vertical section.

The nature of my invention consists in combining a fiat wash-board witha box, in such a way as to act upon the clothes without rubbing orpressing them in washing; the wash board having horizontal handlesaffixed to it; and pins projecting from its face, to prevent the clothesfrom rising out of the water; by which means the clothes are washedunder water, and are more effectually cleansed, without injury, than byany other process.

In constructing my machine, the side pins of the box are parallel witheach other, and to them the four legs (a) on which it is elevated areafhxed; the front ones being vertical, and the lower end of the backones inclining outward. The bottom of the box is the segment of acircle, and the back and front end pieces are straight, and in the sameposition as the legs between which they are placed. The sides havenotches cut in their upper ends, in which the journals of an axle (7))fits, and turns; the center of this axle is about twice the distancefrom the bottom of the box, that it is from the front of the saine,which position is necessary in order to produce the full effect of mymachine; into this axle two handles (c) are put, which extend ontbackward, a little inclined downward, when the machine is in a state ofrest, there being notches cut out of the back end piece into which theyfall; two braces or arms are also iixed in the axle, which projectdownward at an obtuse angle with the handles, and to these a wash-board(d) is fastened; this is a plain. flat board, the lower edge of which,when the handles are in the position above named, slants out nearly tothe lower front angle of the box; in this board, near the bottom, thereis a row of small holes; and at about two thirds of the distance fromthe lower edge, there are two pins (e) projecting forward.

l/Vhen the clothes are soaped and pnt into this machine with water, thehandles of the wash-board are elevated, and the lower edge of the boardcarried back, till the water is between it and the front end of the box.The handles are then brought down quickly, which carries the water andclothes forward against the front end, the water being prevented fromrunning back, by the upper part of the wash-board, and the clothes beingkept under the water by the pin (e) in the board; Vin this position thehandles are vibrated a little, and the clothes are kept in motion, whilethe water percolates through the clothes, and ont at the holes in thelower edge of the wash-board from the head of water on its front side;the handles are then raised, and the same operation repeated till theclothes are cleansed; every time the handlesV are raised up the clothesturn over, presenting a new surface for the action of the machine.V

lVhen the press is used in this machine for wringing the water from theclothes after washing a notch is cut in the front end piece on one side,in which the two sides, and bottom of a smallvbox are tted; this hasalso an end to it outside; around the center of this box there is aframe of four pieces (f), in the top piece of which a'screw (g) 1sinserted; a follower (h) fits the insideV of this box, which is forceddown by the.`

screw, the clothes being laid into the box.

under it and the water is by this means forced out.

to secure by Letters Patent is- The combination of the wash-board oo n--J set forth; so as to cleanse the clothes without ,j y rubbing orpressing, by keeping them in m04 Y y tion under water, while it isallowed to per# v colate through them. .Y

Y JOHN SHUGERT.

Witnesses H. H. KELLEr, J. J. GREENOUGH.

lV hat I claim as my invention anddesire Q

